Riga Masters
Riga Masters
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| Tournament status | |||
| Ranking tournament: | since 2016 | ||
| Minor ranking tournament: | 2014-2015 | ||
| Invitation tournament: | - | ||
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| Defending champion: |
 Neil Robertson
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| Attendees: | 128 | ||
| Venue: | Arena Riga , Riga | ||
| Prize money (total): | £ 278,000 | ||
| Prize money (winner): | £ 50,000 | ||
| Frames in the final: | Best of 9 | ||
| Records | |||
| Most wins: |
Neil Robertson (2 ×)
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| Highest Break: | 145 Jack Lisowski (2019)
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The Riga Masters is a professional snooker tournament with world ranking tournament status . In 2014 and 2015 it was held as the Riga Open as part of the PTC series.
history
The Riga Open 2014 was the first professional snooker tournament in Latvia . In the first two years the tournament was held as part of the Players Tour Championship .
After this series ended at the end of the 2015/16 season , the tournament remained, but was renamed Riga Masters. It was no longer open to amateurs, instead, as in all other world ranking tournaments, professional players, supplemented by players from a shortlist, went into the first round. This qualifying round was played in England and not as before in Riga, the main tournament in Latvia then started with only 64 players. In addition, the format has been slightly changed, instead of playing all games up to the finals in best-of-7 mode , as is usual in PTC tournaments, the semi-finals and finals have been extended to best-of-9.
winner
| year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | Main sponsor | season |
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| 2014 | Riga - Arena Riga |
Mark Selby
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4: 3 |
 Mark Allen
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Kaspersky Lab | 2014/15 |
| 2015 |
Barry Hawkins
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4: 1 |
Tom Ford
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2015/16 | ||
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| 2016 | Riga - Arena Riga |
Neil Robertson
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5: 2 |
Michael Holt
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Kaspersky Lab | 2016/17 |
| 2017 |
 Ryan Day
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5: 2 |
 Stephen Maguire
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2017/18 | ||
| 2018 |
Neil Robertson
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5: 2 |
Jack Lisowski
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2018/19 | ||
| 2019 |
 Yan Bingtao
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5: 2 |
Mark Joyce
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2019/20 | ||
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Kaspersky Riga Masters and International Championship Prize Money. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 11, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Latavia To Host European Tour Event. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 26, 2014, archived from the original on May 22, 2016 ; accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).
- ^ Rolf Kalb : End of an Era. The European Tour is history (and yet lives on). In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , February 29, 2016, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Kaspersky Riga Masters To Take Place In Latvia For The Third Time. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 14, 2016, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- ^ European Tour Event One. In: snooker.org. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
- ^ European Tour Event One. In: snooker.org. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
- ^ Rolf Kalb : Riga Masters: Ryan Day wins first ranking tournament. Eurosport , June 25, 2017, accessed June 26, 2017 .
